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MANAGER
Definition of MANAGER
noun
A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
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Where it comes from
From manage + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MANAGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MANAGER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEGMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MANAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found MANAGER?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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